Infinity Ward has claimed that Modern Warfare is officially not delayed for the PC...at the moment.

Infinity Ward has confirmed that the PC version of

Modern Warfare 2

is not delayed, responding to claims that the PC version had been pushed back by two weeks compared to the console releases.The news of a PC delay was originally reported about a month ago, but existed as nothing more than a rumour since then as Activision and Infinity Ward refused to either confirm or deny it until now.Speaking to VG247, Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling confirmed that there will be no delay either. Kind of, anyway.

"Has the PC version been delayed?

" Asked VG247."Officially, no.

" replied Bowling, who wouldn't elaborate any more on the matter.

The news of the PC release is getting drowned out by the IWNet furore right now, but Bowling's comments are certainly interestingly phrased and some speculate that an official PC delay may be announced soon. We'll just have to wait and see.

Bowling did confirm that the PC version of the game would be released through Steam however, later elaborating that it will integrate with a new matchmaking system called IWNet that will remove dedicated server support and fundamentally change the PC gaming experience.For now, the PC release date for

Modern Warfare 2

is the same as the other platforms - November 10th.

With the revelation of a new release schedule from Activision-Blizzard this morning, highlighting the publishers autumn/winter line-up, Electronic Theatre can today confirm that the PC version of the highly-anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has suffered a delay. Originally due for a simultaneous release with the rest of 2009's Call of Duty onslaught, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will now officially be late to the party.

Activision and Infinity Ward have decided it's best to call their upcoming game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 after all, and not just Modern Warfare 2.

At the time of the game's announcement, the duo claimed that Modern Warfare was big enough to stand on its own 10 million feet, and refrained from prefixing it with its traditional series moniker.

But having sent out box artwork with the Call of Duty name firmly in place this week, a spokesperson told Joystiq: "Infinity Ward, the original creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has said from the beginning Modern Warfare 2 resides in the Call of Duty universe. This is reflected in the title's package."

"Modern Warfare 2 is the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. We have focused our attention on Modern Warfare in order to most effectively communicate the fact that this is the first true sequel in the Call of Duty series."

By not calling it Call of Duty for three months. No no, it makes perfect sense.

The alleged leak lists several pieces of information on the next Call of Duty game, including the game's rough count of 35 weapons available in multiplayer, the return of new Nazi Zombies-like mode, vehicles playing a large role in the game, and many other details.

There's no doubt that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will provide gamers with one of the best online multiplayer experiences ever, but if you're looking for co-op for the campaign mode, you'll be disappointed.

However, Infinity Ward didn't just forget to include it, nor were they being lazy in the development process. The bottom line, according to IW's Robert Bowling, is that they experimented with campaign co-op but in the end, it "ruined the experience." Instead, we'll get the Spec Ops mode, which is a "dedicated, mission-based co-op section playable either online or locally in split-screen," which sounds intriguing. In regards to the failed idea for campaign co-op, Bowling 

"We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story. But it really broke the cinematic experience, took the immersion out of it, out of the story and the pacing and everything we’d spent so long crafting. It just ruined the experience we were aiming for, so we took it out, kept the single-player for that one player intact and polished it."

Essentially, the team decided to take all the best moments from the co-op campaign they ditched and implement those into the new Spec Ops mode. Bowling says you "really get the best of both worlds" in this way, so few fans should be complaining. Everyone is looking for co-op these days but let's just consider Spec Ops to be a new progression in the world of multiplayer; we have good reason to be optimistic.